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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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